FED by Farmers Podcast
Fed by Farmers is a podcast that explores the world of farming and the lifestyle that comes with it. It covers topics ranging from running a farm business to managing family life and everything in between. With new episodes released weekly, the show offers practical insights and personal stories for those in the agricultural community and beyond.
Episodes
Ben Lowe - Buying a farm, cultivating crops and producing pork
Cammy and Iona had a chat with Ben Lowe, who has had an inspiring journey building their pig and arable unit in the Northeast of Scotland! We discuss his agronomy background and how the tightening arable and pig market look today.
We hope you enjoy
Bonus: James Nisbet - Black disease, fluke and a bad week!
Today we have James Nisbet back on for another catchup!
We hope you enjoy!
Bonus: Pasture Pod - Ross Pattinson - Breeding blue cattle, Muller dairy and sheep
Bonus episode from Michael Blanche's Pasture Pod, featuring guest speaker Ross Pattinson.
Chief Inspector Bruce Crawford - Mental Health, Police Scotland and firearm laws
Chief Inspector Bruce Crawford who is championing the way the police deal with mental health, particularly around firearms licensing, came to chat to us about Michael's letter and the progressive methods they now look to use to handle firearms licensing following that profound case.
We hope you enjoy
Bonus: James Nisbet - Rally calves, Dalmally and vegetable oil
Today we have James Nisbet back on for another catchup!
We hope you enjoy!
Gordon Beattie - Gordon Beattie - Ploughing, Pigs and Potatoes.
Cammy and Iona speak to Gordon Beattie, Chairman of the Scottish Ploughing Association and we discuss the upcoming 2026 Ploughing Championship 2026 held this year in Whitburgh Farm, as well as his 900 acre farm that contains a mixture of arable and livestock!
We hope you enjoy
Friday Chat: The best steaks, family games and christenings!
Cammy and Iona caught up for a Friday chat, discussing what Cammy got up to when he went down for family christening at Devon, Iona's family games night and what country does the best steaks?!
We hope you enjoy!
Peter Hunter-Blair - Breeding Galloway cattle and Ryeland sheep
Cammy and Iona speak to Peter Hunter-Blair, who breeds Galloway cattle and Ryeland sheep. Discussing what it takes to breed livestock in today's demanding and competitive market.
We hope you enjoy!
Bonus: James Nisbet Episode 2 - Encouraging the next generation
Today we have the 2nd bonus feature with James Nisbet!
We hope you enjoy!
Michael Holmes - Building a farm, Charolais cattle and serving in Iraq
Cammy and Iona speak to Michael Holmes, Managing Director at FVF Ltd. where they discuss Michael's time in the military during the Iraq war to building his fabrication business and farm from scratch!
We hope you enjoy!
Bonus Feature with James Nisbet
Today we have a bonus feature with local Ayrshire farmer James Nisbet.
We hope you enjoy!
Michael Blanche - Live rings, inspirational quotes and future thoughts
Cammy and Iona catch up with previous podcast star guest Michael Blanche about the importance of live rings, the power of inspirational quotes and also planning and thinking about the future.
We hope you enjoy!
Matt Colston and Leah Speirs - Controlling farm parasites
Cammy and David speak to Matt Colston and Leah Speirs from Elanco about the best practice for keeping control of worms and other farm parasites in your farm.
We hope you enjoy!
Ben Strugnell - Farm Post Mortems
Cammy and David speak to Ben Strugnell about the importance of livestock postmosterms and knowing about your livestock iceberg diseases.
We hope you enjoy!
Sammy Heaney - Unexpected Fame
Cammy and Iona speak to Sammy Heaney from Sammy TV about her abrupt rise in popularity and navigating through the fame.
We hope you enjoy!
Stuart Barnes - Animal Behaviourist
Cammy and Iona speak to Stuart Barnes about the touring Dog and Duck Show, sharing his experience travelling across 100 countries and his knowledge about wildlife!
Learn more about the Dog and Duck Show on their website: www.dogandduckshow.co.uk
We hope you enjoy!
Iona turns 30 and farm updates!
Cammy and Iona chat about Iona turning 30 and update on all the exciting things happening on the farm, as well as some incredible tangents!
We hope you enjoy!
Ted Davies - The shift in modern sheep shearing
Cammy speaks to Ted Davies, who is known to many through the sheep shearing world and their podcast EweTurn.
We hope you enjoy!
Ellie Owens - What it takes to win big with Sheep
Cammy speaks to Ellie Owens, who has won and is still winning multiple accolades with her sheep about what it takes to win big.
We hope you enjoy!
Dexter Logan - Breeding the best Highland cattle
Cammy and Iona speak to Dexter Logan about winning the Royal Highland Show for multiple years with their Highland cattle, where Scotland is positioned for genetics and also dealing with tragedy.
We hope you enjoy!
Charlotte Armstrong - Kirvennie Cow Club
Cammy and Iona speaks to Charlotte Armstrong at Kirvennie Farm, Wigtown about growing up in Colorado, coming back to Scotland and working on their new project: the Kirvennie Cow Club!
We hope you enjoy!
The bulls go out
Cammy & Iona have a catchup on getting the bulls out. Note that this podcast is a shortened version, due to missing audio, the full version that includes Jim Fowlie interview is available on our YouTube channel.
We hope you enjoy!
Chit Chat - Royal Highland Show 2026 Debrief
Cammy and Iona have a catchup on all things Royal Highland Show, from watergun scandals to winning the beef and dairy game!
We hope you enjoy!
Will Whiting - Fursdon Farm
Cammy speaks to Will Whiting at Fursdon Farm about his farm and livestock operation.
We hope you enjoy!
Rory Kerr - From Scottish international rugby to the Scottish Blackface sheep!
Cammy and Iona speak to Rory Kerr who is a former Scotland Rugby Union International and who now farms a flock of Scottish Blackface Sheep.
We hope you enjoy!
Pat Machray OBE - RHASS President 2026
Cammy and Iona speak to Pat Machray OBE who leads the RHASS Initiative as President.
We hope you enjoy!
NSA Scotsheep 2026
Balmoral Show 2026
Karl Franklin - The Pretend Farmer
Nerys Wright - Sheep Geek
Harriet Cowan - Life after Clarkson's Farm
Cammy and Iona speak to Harriet Cowan about what life is like after Clarkson's Farm.
We hope you enjoy!
Gordon Scott + Freya Webber - Making perfect silage
Friday Chat - How much do we pay for insurance?
Wayne & Sam Hutchinson - Foot and Mouth Disease 25 years on
Tuesday Chat - Iona's holiday and Cammy loses a dog...
No guest this week as Iona has been off but we'll be back next Tuesday with a guest as normal.
Many thanks
Kaz Strycharczyk - Farm Vet chat and the castration debate
James Young - Finishing 5,000 cattle per year at Girvan Mains Farm
Friday Chat - Cammy bought a Bull
Cammy and Iona have a quick catchup from the Bull sales at Stirling,
Meet the Farmers - Sophie Gregory and Ally Hunter Blair - Dairy and Arable farming during uncertain times
This week we are joined by Sophie Gregory and Ally Hunter Blair. Sophie is an Organic and Conventional Dairy farmer in the South West and Ally is a tenant Arable farmer.
They discuss how the current economics stack up and Cammy gets their thoughts on politics.
Ally and Sophie are also the hosts of their own podcast, Meet The Farmers - The Big Debate.
Find it here - https://www.youtube.com/@Me
Friday Chat - Iona's off to Africa
This week we manage ti squeeze in a brief Friday chat where we get a Christmas catchup and Iona tells us about her pending crusade.
Steve Mitchell - What happened at The Buffalo Farm?
This week we are joined by Steve Mitchell of The Buffalo Farm in Kirkaldy, Fife. Steve shot to fame after appearing on This Farming Life and has since made other Tv appearances including working alongside Gordon Ramsay.
In this podcast Steve tells us about his journey into buffalo and how he went from flying high to suddenly crashing back down to earth when the business had to enter administration
Jim Shanks - Using Dairy cows to power Scotland's largest Tomato crop
This week we are joined by Jim Shanks. Jim farms in Hawick in the Scottish Borders along with his wife and his parents. There they milk 130 holsteins on robots and also have an aerobic digester which converts the slurry and dung into power for their 4 acres of glasshouses where they grow Tomatoes. They are Scotlands only commercial tomato producer and Jim gives us some fantastic insights into a wo
John McClean - Farmflix, Business and Mental Health
This week we are joined by John McClean, owner and creater of Farmflix. Farmflix is a world renowned media platform which operates a subscription based model for it high end farming videos. We talk about John's business and also his personal life and as usual, Cammy goes off on a few tangents.
Find Farmflix here-
www.farmflix.tv
We hope your enjoy
Cammy and Iona
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John Murray - The changing word of machinery sales with Thomas Murray Agricultural Engineers
This week we are joined by Cammy's big mate, John Murray from Thomas Murray Agricultural Engineers. Followers of The Sheep Game will know John as the man who supplies Cammy's CF Moto buggys but John and Cammy have known each other since Cammy was a wee boy. In this podcast we chat about the business and how it has evolved over the years,
We hope your enjoy
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Dr Richard Wynn - All the things you didn't know about Crystalyx
Dr Richard Wynn is head of Technical at Crystalyx UK. I know this might sound like a boring podcast topic but the science behind these products is truly fascinating. I can guarantee you will learn something you didn't know before.
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Friday Chat - Plans for next year?
This week Cammy and Iona talk about plans for next year and how things have been going at the farm. Iona shares her fine cuisine recommendations too!
We hope you enjoy,
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Derek Steen - Coxhill Beef Shorthorns and building a farming business from scratch
Derek Stein and his wife Cindy run the Coxhill herd of Beef Shorthorn cattle based at Coxhill Farm, Moffat. Derek is the son of a Northern irish farmer, from a large family he made his own way in farming and moved over to Scotland to manage farms before taking on a tenancy and eventually buying his own farm. He is a man of experience and I think you will enjoy this
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Friday chat is back! Dating apps, the glory of Scottish football and steaks for dinner.
This week Cammy and Iona talk absolute nonsense about random things including why are dating apps named the way they are? Lots of sport chat and Cammy is on a diet.... again.
We hope you enjoy,
Cammy and Iona
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Michael Cursiter - Laga Farms Orkney, This Farming Life and raising a viking.
Michael Cursiter farms the family farm at Laga Farm on Mainland Orkney. There they run a flock of pure lleyn ewes and also a flock of romney x and pure shetland ewes. He farms along with is wife Ruth, son Sean and brother Martin. Many of you will know Sean from The Sheep Game and This Farming Life.
In todays chat we cover why he farms the stock that he does and also his thoughts on iht, raising k
Leanne Bertram - Scottish Dairy Farm of the Year 2025 and milking Jersey cows for Graham's Dairy.
This week we are joined by Leanne Bertram, Dairy Herd Manager for Graham's Dairy's very own herd of Jersey cows. Leanne is an old friend of Cammy's from the shearing world where she has represented Scotland in the wool handling on several occasions. We hear about how Leanne runs a tight ship and we talk about her success this year winning Scottish Dairy Farm of the year at the Scottish Agriculture
Blythbridge Holsteins - Milking 500+ cows on robots and winning UK Dairy Day
This week Colin and Issy Laird join us for a walk round Blyth Farm near Peebles. There they milk over 500 holstein cows on Lely robots as well as a handful of Jersey cows. They are an incredibly successful show herd having won multiple titles including UK Dairy Day twice. We are also joined by Herd Manager Graeme shares some insights into working at such a large unit.
we hope you enjoy,
Cammy an
Adam Sinclair - The journey from pro rugby player to businessman to Suffolk sheep!
Adam Sinclair is a Stirling lad who used his genetic gifts of size and strength to make it big on the rugby pitch. In this podcast we speak about his time playing rugby in France South Africa and England. As his pro rugby career ended he focussed on building a successful removals business which has now grown into a successful container / storage business. Adam has a great story to tell and I hope
Niall Jeffrey - 1000 acres of arable and feeding cattle in outdoor yards, all while working for QMS
Niall Jeffry is a member of the QMS board and has an active role in steering the direction of the Farm Assurance scheme. He's the perfect man for the job because he also farms on a big scale with over 1000 acres of arable crops and a large cattle feeding unit with outdoor corals Niall provides some great conversation which is why this podcast is so long!
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Jim Fowlie - Finishing 1600 cattle every year
Jim Fowlie finishes 1600 mostly angus cattle in Aberdeenshire. In this interview we hear about his journey into farming, how he buys his cattle and where he sells them.
We also talk about mistakes made and of course, Jim tells plenty jokes.
We hope you enjoy
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Cammy’s in China….
Not your usual podcast today folks. Apologies from me (Cammy) all the way from China as some restrictive internet issues mean I can’t get this weeks podcast up.
so next week you have Jim Fowlie to look forward to! It’s worth the wait.
Ewen McMillan - Does the Scottish Blackface breed need to change?
Ewen McMillan farms at Lurg and Townhead farm near Fintry. There he runs Scottish Blackface sheep, Cheviot Sheep and Jacob sheep along with a fold of Highland Cattle.
Ewen has strong views on the Scottish Blackface breed and it's current issues and he shares them with us in this podcast. He also talks at length about his faith and finding god following the death of his brother.
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The Barclay Brothers - The next generation of farmers
This week we are joined by the Barclay Brothers Cameron, Finlay and Archie as we get the perspective of the younger generation.
We get nostalgic talking about school, sports and farming.
We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona
Nikki and Olly Dallas - Thorabella Farm and BBCs This Farming Life
Nikki and Olly Dallas from Thorabella Farm are well known following their appearance on This Farming Life. Join us as we chat all things business and how they have turned their small farm into a thriving business by thinking outside the box
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Cammy and Iona
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Matt Griffin - Neidpath Farms and the search for healthier soils
This week we speak with Matt Griffin, estate manager at Neidpath Farms in Peebles. Matt is passionate about farming and about how we can do it in a way that improves the soil and I always learn something new from our conversations.
We hope you enjoy,
Cammy and Iona
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Colin Russell - Making a living from a 16 acre farm
Colin Russell from Ramstane Farm, Ayrshire joins us to discuss the incredible pasture based system he has for his chickens and the profitable business he has established with just 16 acres of land.
If you want to see more of what Colin does then please visit hiswebsite: https://ramstanefarm.co.uk/
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Iona has been reading raunchy books on her holidays!
Iona is back from her holidays and she's here to regale us with some tales from Spain, mainly focussing on the raunchy book she read while she was away.
We hope you enjoy,
Cammy and Iona
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Mary Cochrane - Setting up a butcher business on farm
This week we go 'on-farm' to visit Mary Cochrane at Darvel Dexter Beef. Mary has built up an incredible on farm butchery and retail business with a very loyal customer base.
She is such a positive and driven person and I think she makes for a great podcast guest.
You can find Darvel Dexter Beef on facebook here:
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We hope you enjoy, Cammy
Olly Shearman - Managing director of Caledonian Marts and the competitive business of auctioneering
Lizzy stands in for Iona this week while we speak to Olly Shearman, Managing director of Caledonian marts, Stirling and we hear about his journey into auctioneering and what it takes to run a successful livestock market in a competitive industry
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Rhys Jones - Selling a Welsh farm and buying a Scottish one!
Lizzy stands in for Iona this week while we speak to local farmer Rhys Jones about his move from Wales to Scotland.
We discuss farming systems and the comparison in land values between the two countries.
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Should kids be working on farms?
Lizzy joins Cammy and Iona to catch up on the week and discuss whether on not kids should be allowed to work on farms.
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Sam Bevin - Buying a dairy farm in Norway
Sam is Lizzy's brother-in-law and is a farmer's son from Leicestershire. He tells us about his world travels, meeting Lizzys sister Georgina and buying a dairy farm in Normway.
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Friday Chat: Cammy gets emotional
Jack Fagan - Shearing his way into Dairy Farming
This week Cammy brings you an episode from the Royal Welsh show where he sits down with New Zealand shearer Jack Fagan. Jack is the son of legendary shearer David Fagan and despite the pressure of the family name he has forged himself a successful shearing career. Jack tells us how he got into it and how he has invested his money in Dairy farming.
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Great Yorkshire show and a tax deductible wedding!
This week Cammy and Iona discuss how to make a farm wedding tax deductable and Cammy shares some interview from The Great Yorkshire Show
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James Little - Bluetongue impact for Borderway Mart and life as an auctioneer
James is a livestock auctioneer with H+H at borderway marts in Carlisle. he has worked his way through the ranks over the last 22 years and has joined us this week to discuss the impact that Bluetongue has had on the business.
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Friday Chat: Iona 'steps out' at the Royal Highland Show
A roundup from the Royal Highland show and Iona gives us an update on her love life... what more could you want on a Sunday!
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Ryan MacLean - Scanning Cows in the Congo
Ryan MacLean is a long time friend of Cammy's and is a fantastic story teller. In this pod we cove everything from Ryan's entry into the world of scanning, his peatland restoration work and his trip to the Congo to scan some cows!
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Phil Stocker - Chief Executive of the National Sheep Association.
This week Cammy is out on his own interviewing Phil Stocker at the NSA HQ in Malvern. They discuss Bluetongue, clearing of sheep off the hills and much much more.
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Day 3 at the Royal Highland show and Scot Sheep announcement
I give thanks and Alec Telfer tells us about the new Scot Sheep Venue for 2025
An evening stroll around the show after day 1 of RHS
Just a random podcast from the Royal Highland Show
Dougie Fleming - Contract farming 3,200 ewes and topping Kelso Ram sales.
This week Cammy and Iona are joined by Sheep farmer Dougie Fleming of Nisbet Farm in Lanarkshire. Dougie is a successful Blackface and Texel breeder and has went from shepherding at places like Whelphill and Midlock to contract farming 3,200 ewes on his own.
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Farm Vet Kaz - Car Share to Beef Tech. Discussing Bluetongue, Cattle genetics and how to winter sheep.
This week Cammy is joined by Vet Kaz from Black Sheep Farm Health in Northumberland
They discuss many things but focus on cattle genetics and Cammy's future lambing plans.
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'Local Farm Show' Special - Shona and Holly from Kirriemuir Show tell us what it takes to run a show.
This week Cammy and Iona are joined by Shona and Holly from the Kirriemuir Show committee to tell us about the running of a small local farm show.
We learn about the running costs involved in the show and how they raise funds. Holly also tells us about her farm diversification project and how she hopes to grow that business.
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The Peile Brothers - Farming 2500 acres, putting on a dairy unit and hosting NSA North Sheep 2025
This week Cammy and Iona are joined by Jack and Tom Peile of Greystoke Castle Farm near Penrith to discuss farming 2500 acres on a 20 year lease, running Swaledale ewes AND dairy cows on the same farm and of course... hosting North Sheep 2025.
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FRIDAY CHAT: Lizzy joins in half way through and we discuss lambing, home schooling and much more!
Cammy and Iona start their friday chat and discuss a wide range of random things, then Lizzy joins them for the second half of the podcast.
Now we have the studio at the farm we could do that a whole lot more!
We hope you enjoy, Cammy, Lizzy & Iona
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